• DocumentCode
    841636
  • Title

    Grammars and relations

  • Author

    Mark, Leo ; Cochrane, Roberta

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    840
  • Lastpage
    849
  • Abstract
    The potential benefits obtained when context-free grammars are used to define complex objects in the relational model are demonstrated. The grammar formalism facilitates relational queries on the hierarchical structure of these objects and promotes the use of grammar-based tools as front ends to relational database systems
  • Keywords
    context-free grammars; query processing; relational databases; user interfaces; complex objects; context-free grammars; front ends; grammar formalism; grammar-based tools; hierarchical structure; relational database systems; relational model; relational queries; Application software; Buildings; Computer science; Context modeling; Data engineering; Data mining; Data models; Data structures; Military computing; Relational databases;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-5589
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/32.159832
  • Filename
    159832